Yuan Chonghuan

Yuan Chonghuan

male, deceased (1630)
Yuan Chonghuan was a famed patriot and military commander of the Ming Dynasty who battled the Manchus in Liaoning. He was known to have excelled in...
Giocangga

Giocangga

male, deceased (1582)
Giocangga was the grandfather of Nurhaci, the man who was to unify the Jurchen peoples and begin building the Manchu state. Both he and his son...
Li Bing

Li Bing

male
Li Bing (李冰) was a Qin civil/military official who became a cultural and mythological icon. Culturally, he is seen as a great civil admi...
Cai Xiang

Cai Xiang

male, deceased (1067)
Cai Xiang (born in Xianyou, Fujian in 1012, died in Xianyou 1067) is a Chinese calligrapher, scholar, official, architectural engineer, and poet....
Du Yuesheng

Du Yuesheng

male, deceased (1951)
Du Yuesheng, commonly known as "Big-Eared Du", (1887-1951) was a gangster who spent most of his life in Shanghai, China. He involved his gang in...
Zheng Guo

Zheng Guo

Zheng Guo or Cheng Kuo (鄭國) was a hydraulic engineer from the ancient Chinese kingdom of Han who designed the Zhengguo Canal in the kingdom of Qin...
Chung Thye Phin

Chung Thye Phin

male, deceased (1935)
Kapitan Chung, Thye Phin, MSC, JP (1879 - 1935) was a wealthy Chinese tin miner who was raised on the island of Penang in the state of the same...
Fan Li

Fan Li

male
Fan Li (范蠡) was an advisor in the state of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period. He had been to the state of Wu as hostage with King Gou Jian of Yue....
Xiang Yu

Xiang Yu

male
Xiang Yu was a prominent general during the fall of the Qin Dynasty. His name was Ji (籍), Yu was his courtesy name. He was a descendant of Chu no...
Wu Zixu

Wu Zixu

male
Wu Zixu, also known as Wu Yuan, is the most famous ancestor of people with the surname of Wu, (names are in simplified characters followed by...